HUI 235 -- Course Syllabus

Sex, Love and Tragedy in Italian Medieval Literature

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Week 1: Background Information, Dante's Vita Nuova

 

Week 2: Dante's Vita Nuova, Inferno I-II

 

Week 3: Inferno III-VIII

 

Week 4: Inferno IX-XX (First Assignment)

 

Week 5: XXI-XXXIV

 

Week 6: Purgatorio I-X (Second Assignment)

 

Week 7: Purgatorio XI-XXI

 

Week 8: Purgatorio XXII-XXXIII, (First Exam)

Week 9:Introduction to Boccaccio’s Decameron (pp. ix-17) Decameron day 1

Week 10: Decameron, days 2-3

 

Week 12: Decameron, days 4-5 (Third assignment)

 

Week 13 Decameron, days 6-8

 

Week 14: Decameron days 8-10

 

Week 15 — Second Exam due no later than one week from the day it is posted

 

If time permits, a selection of Petrarch’s poetry will be read. Texts are available on this site

When we study the Decameron, read the section on "Contemporary and Modern Criticism" (pp. 151-331) along with the text of the short stories — especially the article "Boccaccio and Pasolini." We will show in class the movie The Decameron, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini along with the reading of the text. Warning: Pasolini’s movie is rated R (or NC according to old standards); students who have reservations may leave when the movie is being shown.

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